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Suspected sockpuppets

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This is a large group of accounts which I am quite confident are related to each other and who are engaging in undisclosed (or improperly disclosed) paid editing. The accounts are linked together by shared behaviours and editing targets. They often create a userpage, either blank or with a single, vague paid editing disclosure, rarely a brief statement. They then begin editing their target articles, using generic edit summaries, always without capitalization; for examples of this behaviour, see etc. Removing COI tags with misleading edit summaries is another favourite activity; see. The similarities between many of the usernames should also be noted. The accounts invariably make only a handful of edits; many make only one. It seems that the MO is splitting contributions over many accounts to avoid scrutiny on any one account.

The accounts often edit the same, highly obscure, pages within minutes of each other; see the following page histories as an example:. All accounts in this filing are linked together by both page overlap and behavioural cues, except for, whose only edit on enwiki was to create a blank userpage but who was CU-confirmed to and  on Commons (see c:Category:Sockpuppets of Ssaeders).

For an example of the page overlap, see the contributions of DarrenBecks, who overlaps with the behaviourally similar accounts, , , , and  on Lankenau Institute for Medical Research in close temporal proximity to each other; on Jamey Marth with ,  and ; on Groundfloor (company) with , , and ; on Christopher Convery with , , , , , ... and so on and so forth. Unfortunately, there are too many accounts to run the Editor Interaction Analyzer, but if you are unsure of the relationships between any accounts listed here, let me know and I can clarify.

Some articles prolifically edited by this group are Donuts (company), Groundfloor (company), Christopher Convery, and Red Rock Entertainment. There also seems to be a focus on medical researchers. For a more comprehensive list of page targets, see below:


 * Jamey Marth
 * Jason Pomeroy
 * Donuts (company)
 * Groundfloor (company)
 * Christopher Convery
 * Paul Babitzke
 * Bryan Shaw (chemist)
 * Red Rock Entertainment
 * Kaniz Ali
 * Hodge Jones & Allen
 * Charles Antzelevitch
 * Lankenau Institute for Medical Research
 * Nader Pourmand
 * Kenneth M. Merz Jr.
 * Peter R. Kowey
 * Tom Maniatis
 * William H. Andrews (biologist)

I have only listed non-stale accounts above, but there are a few more accounts that are behaviourally linked but stale. These are listed below:


 * : This account was partially blocked from mainspace after their editing of Groundfloor (company) was reported at COIN.
 * : This account has never edited on enwiki, but they were CU-blocked on Commons as confirmed to multiple suspected socks listed above. The username is typical of this group and the account was trying to upload pictures of Christopher Convery.
 * : This account was partially blocked from mainspace after their editing of Groundfloor (company) was reported at COIN.
 * : This account has never edited on enwiki, but they were CU-blocked on Commons as confirmed to multiple suspected socks listed above. The username is typical of this group and the account was trying to upload pictures of Christopher Convery.
 * : This account has never edited on enwiki, but they were CU-blocked on Commons as confirmed to multiple suspected socks listed above. The username is typical of this group and the account was trying to upload pictures of Christopher Convery.

I am requesting Checkuser to clarify the relationships between these accounts, to see if there are ranges or proxies that should be blocked, and to see if there are other accounts involved with this group that are not as readily identifiable. The prior CU blocks on Commons show that there is a technical relationship between at least some of these accounts, so this should not be a totally fruitless endeavour. Thanks, and my sincere apologies for the length of this filing. Spicy (talk) 04:07, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

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 * I talked about this group with spicy before they filed and I'm highly confident they are all related, hence for a sleeper check and a courtesy ping  who CU-blocked some of them on Commons. There are five unblocked ones in this list that are attached on Commons, four have edits . Blablubbs (talk) 09:30, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
 * - and away we go... - TheresNoTime 😺 10:00, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
 * (still going) - TheresNoTime 😺 10:38, 20 July 2021 (UTC)


 * Additionally found:


 * Listing for the script - TheresNoTime 😺 10:49, 20 July 2021 (UTC)


 * All listed accounts + newly discovered accounts are ✅ to each other and/or to . Where no direct link between an account and exists, a 2nd-degree connection does exist. I am continuing to review if there is any proxy use, and if any rangeblocks would be practical. Many thanks to the  for their hard work in compiling this evidence. All accounts  - TheresNoTime 😺 10:54, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Whew, that's a lot of socks. Thanks for taking the time, . Closing. Blablubbs (talk) 11:00, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Reopening this for a second, pending resolution of something regarding the "stale" group. Blablubbs (talk) 11:08, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
 * - please block, , and , who were CU-blocked by accident despite being stale and unblocked again. I'm sufficiently convinced by behaviour for that group, and a tag trail would be helpful here.  Blablubbs (talk) 11:16, 20 July 2021 (UTC)
 * b'n't the four requested, closing. GeneralNotability (talk) 22:45, 20 July 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



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Just tying up some loose ends after the last filing. and edited C. Thomas Caskey around the same time as blocked sock  and have usernames typical of this farm. edited Daniel W. Nebert on the same day as blocked. , in addition to the username, shows the typical userpage behaviour and edited the favourite topic of Jamey Marth. , a brand new account, removed the UPE tag from that article shortly after it was applied based on this SPI. Similarly, newbie removed the UPE tag from sockfarm target Jason Pomeroy with a misleading edit summary (see previous filing for documentation of this behaviour). CU requested to confirm and flush out sleepers. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 03:39, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

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 * Commenting because I've worked on Daniel W. Nebert: User was earlier advancing similar edits on that article to those of Aresds and Dresaseds.  Likely part of the same outfit? Russ Woodroofe (talk) 16:27, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
 * The behaviour looks rather different to me. If I had to guess, I'd say it was a different COI/paid editor. Spicy (talk) 21:14, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

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 * – certainly looks like them, endorsing for another sleeper check. Blablubbs (talk) 14:02, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
 * - TheresNoTime 😺 18:45, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
 * The following are ✅ to (or a previously confirmed sock):


 * . is .  - TheresNoTime 😺 18:54, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
 * Correction, found:


 * as ✅, . - TheresNoTime 😺 19:01, 22 July 2021 (UTC)
 * I concur with that the remaining account is probably not directly related to this farm. Either way, it has been inactive for quite some time – closing. Blablubbs (talk) 22:28, 22 July 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



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Typical target and typical tells (userpage  and misleading edit summaries: ). Requesting CU to uncover other accounts given how prolific this farm is. Spicy (talk) 18:21, 16 August 2021 (UTC)

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 * , a sleeper check makes sense. --Blablubbs (talk) 14:13, 17 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Very . ., closing. Mz7 (talk) 07:22, 18 August 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



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Usual pages and MO:, , , ,. Please CU to confirm and check for sleepers. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 10:19, 10 September 2021 (UTC)

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 * Borenedo and JurbinMammud are . for a confirmation on the other two and a sleeper check.  --Blablubbs (talk) 22:57, 11 September 2021 (UTC)
 * was added after my endorsement; it goes for that account too. --Blablubbs (talk) 23:01, 11 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Blocked a bunch as ✅. If a clerk thinks the below account is related behaviourally, you can go ahead and block (Same range and moderately common device, but I'm not overly familiar with this case.)
 * is on the same range as a lot of the socks with a moderately common device, but not one particularly well used in that region of the world.
 * If you want to tag, feel free to go through my block log. Also, shares a range with Liborbital, which iirc, was involved in spammy stuff. If there's overlap, etc. might be worth discussing if they're the same. Been a while since I've looked at that case, though, so use your judgement. TonyBallioni (talk) 01:30, 17 September 2021 (UTC)


 * For the record and the script:
 * --Blablubbs (talk) 10:11, 18 September 2021 (UTC)
 * the lot. left alone for now since there's nothing to assess; we can revisit if and when they start to edit again. I'm not seeing a lot behaviourally that ties this group to Liborbital, so I'll keep the cases separate for now. Closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 10:14, 18 September 2021 (UTC)
 * --Blablubbs (talk) 10:11, 18 September 2021 (UTC)
 * the lot. left alone for now since there's nothing to assess; we can revisit if and when they start to edit again. I'm not seeing a lot behaviourally that ties this group to Liborbital, so I'll keep the cases separate for now. Closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 10:14, 18 September 2021 (UTC)
 * --Blablubbs (talk) 10:11, 18 September 2021 (UTC)
 * the lot. left alone for now since there's nothing to assess; we can revisit if and when they start to edit again. I'm not seeing a lot behaviourally that ties this group to Liborbital, so I'll keep the cases separate for now. Closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 10:14, 18 September 2021 (UTC)
 * --Blablubbs (talk) 10:11, 18 September 2021 (UTC)
 * the lot. left alone for now since there's nothing to assess; we can revisit if and when they start to edit again. I'm not seeing a lot behaviourally that ties this group to Liborbital, so I'll keep the cases separate for now. Closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 10:14, 18 September 2021 (UTC)
 * the lot. left alone for now since there's nothing to assess; we can revisit if and when they start to edit again. I'm not seeing a lot behaviourally that ties this group to Liborbital, so I'll keep the cases separate for now. Closing. --Blablubbs (talk) 10:14, 18 September 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets



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Username pattern is similar to recent socks (,, , , etc.) Making promotional edits to usual targets of this sockfarm (Groundfloor (company) , edited by , , , ; and Christian Convery , edited by ; Christopher Convery has also been extensively edited by socks.) Part of PerezFlor's edit to Groundfloor is identical to that of a previous sock (starting at "Groundfloor was named to the Inc 500 list..." ). Same throwaway pattern of account usage. Spicy (talk) 22:47, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

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 * - please CU to confirm and check for sleepers given the history. Thanks, Spicy (talk) 22:53, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
 * - -- RoySmith (talk) 22:57, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
 * KiltuPreckish ✅ to SilveryIron. PerezFlor  to SilveryIron,  -- RoySmith (talk) 23:09, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Considering that PerezFlor is directly reinstating sock edits, I think that the behavioural evidence is clear enough. - please indef PerezFlor. Spicy (talk) 23:17, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Done. I'm assuming "proven" works for you. -- RoySmith (talk) 23:19, 19 November 2021 (UTC)
 * It does, thanks :) closing. Spicy (talk) 23:32, 19 November 2021 (UTC)

Suspected sockpuppets
See below. --Blablubbs (talk) 12:06, 21 October 2022 (UTC)

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 * Once again returning to Christopher Convery, a favourite target of this farm, and removing COI tags with a misleading summary ( – compare ). Obviously connected to each other based on timing, and they also share the "kind of like a real name, but then again not really" username pattern with a bunch of socks in the archive (compare e.g. ). CU has them as to each other and the master, but behaviour is convincing.   --Blablubbs (talk) 12:11, 21 October 2022 (UTC)